Falling Nation: The Fertile Murder of 9/11
Below is the column I wrote the day after the attacks on September 11, 2001; it was published in the Moscow Times two days later. There’s been a lot of water — and blood — under bridge since then, a lot of new facts, and many new questions; but I think most of the piece still holds true, especially this line: “Blood will have blood; that’s certain. But blood will not end it. For murder is fertile: it breeds more death, like a spider laden with